Lazaro Manuel Borrell Hernández (born September 20, 1972 in
Santa Clara,
Cuba
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) is a Cuban former professional
basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's h ...
player. He is a 6'8", 220 lb
forward.
During the debut of Cuba's
Liga Superior de Baloncesto, Borrell played for the now-defunct Lobos de Villa Clara. He played with the
NBA's
Seattle SuperSonics
The Seattle SuperSonics (commonly known as the Seattle Sonics) were an American professional basketball team based in Seattle. The SuperSonics competed in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member club of the league's Western Confe ...
during the
1999-2000 NBA season.
Sonics hope talented Cuban defector can help at forward
In his only season in the NBA he averaged, 3.6 points, 2.4 rebounds, and 0.6 assists per game.
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1972 births
Living people
Boca Juniors basketball players
Caciques de Humacao players
Cuban men's basketball players
Defecting sportspeople of Cuba
Cuban expatriate basketball people in Argentina
Cuban expatriate basketball people in Puerto Rico
Cuban expatriate basketball people in the United States
National Basketball Association players from Cuba
Obras Sanitarias basketball players
Power forwards (basketball)
Seattle SuperSonics players
Small forwards
Undrafted National Basketball Association players
1994 FIBA World Championship players
People from Santa Clara, Cuba
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